1869.] Lawson — ON MYOsoTis. 403 



Onosmodlum Virginianum, D. C. On the common, north from 

 Eailway Station, Belleville; rather rare — Mr. Macoun. This 

 species extends south to the dry pine barrens of Florida. 



0. Carolinlanum, D. C. Brantford, Ont.— Dr. P. W. Macla- 

 gan. Extends to the Southern States. 



Ecliinm vuJgare, Linn. Naturalized from Europe. This plant 

 has spiead considerably in rear of Brockville, Ont. Common near 

 the Seminary at Belleville, and on Stillman's Farm, Seymour, 

 Ont. — Mr. JVIacoun. Christy's Corners, on the road from 

 Kemptville to Spencerville, Out. 



Judge Malloch informed me that this was sown as a gaiden 

 plant, about the year 1850, by a farmer of the name of Christy. 

 It soon spread, so as to form a noxious weed on his farm, and 

 when I visited the locality in 1862 it had spread along the road 

 side for four or five miles. In North Carolina and Virginia it is 

 said to have become a troublesome weed. 



The plant varies in furm : 



a. Plant large ; weed-like ; leaves green, with long, straight, 

 erect bristles on the lower surface of the mid-ribs, as well as on 

 the stem, and especially on the pedicels and calyx. Roadside, 

 Tin Cap Schoolhouse, between Brockville and Farmersville. 

 This is like the Southern plant. 



h. Smaller ; corolla larger, and rather wider in proportion ; 

 leaves whitish, with short, fur-like, scarcely spreading hairs, and 

 without erect bristles on the mid-ribs ; the bristles on the stem 

 and flower stalks shorter than in a. Between Kemptville and 

 Spencerville. This is like the Scotch plant. 



Borago officinalis, Linn. Adventive from Europe. Sackville, 

 N.S., G L. Roadside near Odessa, Ont. — Dr. Dupuis. Not 

 noticed by any of the American botanists as having become wild 

 in the States, and may be only a temporary colonist with us. It 

 is not a plant that spreads in its native country. There is a 

 specimen in my herbarium, from Rev. P. Somerville, labelled 

 " Malta, Feb., 1839 ; very rare, if not now extinct." 



Lycopsis arvensis, Linn. Adventive from Europe. Kingston? 

 Ont. An abundant weed about Queen's College grounds and 

 neighboring gardens. Montreal — Dr. P. W. Maclagan. 



Symphytum officinale, Linn. A European plant, sparingly 

 naturalized with us, as it is in the United States and in Europe 

 beyond its original range. Waste ground about Queen's College, 

 and on Prince's Street, Kingston. Roadsides near Hillton 



